Cathal Watters ASC , ISC
Cinematographer
After having studied Drama in Trinity College Dublin I started shooting documentaries and I have been lucky enough to travel the world shooting various projects. Having always wanted to light drama I started shooting short films and music videos. I now work mainly in Film and TV drama. I always look to see how I can use lighting, composition and movement to help tell the story. Below are samples of my work.
I was honoured to have been invited into the
American Society of Cinematographers in 2020.
Bodkin
Netflix
A group of podcasters set out to investigate the mysterious disappearance of three strangers in an idyllic Irish town. But when they start to pull the strings, they find a story much bigger and stranger than they could have imagined.
Netflix - Episodes 3,4,6,7
Directors -
Bromwen Hughes Ep. 3,4,6,
Paddy Breathnach Ep. 7
Foundation
Apple TV
A complex saga of humans scattered on planets throughout the galaxy all living under the rule of the Galactic Empire. Based on the books by Isaac Asimov.
Series 1
Episodes 6,7 (With D Ruhlmann)
Dir: Jennifer Phang
Series 2
Episodes 1,5,6,10 (In post production)
Dir: Alex Graves
The Alienist - Angel of Darkness
TNT - Paramount
Director: David Caffery / Clare Kilner
Writer: Stuart Carolan
One year after The Alienist, with Sara Howard, now a private detective, seeking out Dr Kreizler's help in finding the kidnapped infant daughter of a visiting Spanish dignitary. Dr Kreizler reunites with Sara, John Moore and the rest of the original team, with their search for the missing child bringing them into contact with a mysterious woman with a murderous past who is connected to a notorious gang.
Peaky Blinders
Netflix / BBC
Director: David Caffrey
Tiger Aspect 2017
AMERICAN SOCIETY of CINEMATOGRAPHERS Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Regular Series for Non-Commercial Television nominee
2019
BAFTA 2018 winner Best Drama
National Television Awards 2019 - Best Drama
Royal Television Society Award Photography - Drama 2018 nominee
IFTA Best Cinematography 2018 nominee
Finky
Director / Writer: Dathaí Keane
The story of Micí Finky, a musician and puppeteer who suffers an horrific accident and is given a chance at redemption when he is recruited by a violent, avant-garde circus.
Galway Film Fleadh - Winner
Best Cinematograpy in an Irish Feature
Papi Chulo
Director / Writer : John Butler
After a newly-single TV weatherman (Matt Bomer) is put on leave following an on-air meltdown, he directs his energy into home improvement and hires a middle-aged Latino day laborer named Ernesto (Alejandro Patiño) to help. Despite a language barrier and having nothing in common, the two men develop an unexpected but profound friendship in this darkly comedic reflection on class, ethnicity, and companionship in contemporary Los Angeles.
Dark Lies The Island
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon
Writer: Kevin Barry
The film follows the characters in a long standing family feud in a small Irish town over the course of a week.
Rosie
Director : Paddy Breathnach
Writer: Roddy Doyle
ROSIE tells the story of a mother trying to protect her family after their landlord sells their rented home and they become homeless.
IFTA Best Cinematography 2020 nominee
Viva
Director Paddy Breathnach
Treasure Films
Jesus does make up for a troupe of drag performers in Havana, but dreams about being a performer. When he finally gets his chance to be on stage, a stranger emerges from the crowd and punches him in the face. The stranger is his father Angel a former boxer who has been absent from his life.
IFTA WINNER BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 2016
FInal 9 Shortlist for Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
A Dark Song
Director Liam Gavin
Samson Films
A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.
WINNER BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Monster Fest 2016
Dominion Creek / An Klondike (Season 2)
Director Dathaí Keane
Abú Media / Netflix
In 1897, the Connolly brothers-recent immigrants from Ireland-dream of striking it rich in the Wild West. When news reaches them of a fortune in the Yukon, youngest brother Seamus heads north to the town of Dominion, leaving Tom and Pdraig no choice but to follow their wayward sibling.
Nominated Best Cinematography IFTA 2017
Handsome Devil
Director: John Butler
Treasure Entertainment 2016
Ned and Conor are forced to share a bedroom at their boarding school. The loner and the star athlete at this rugby-mad school form an unlikely friendship until it's tested by the authorities...
WINNNER BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Film Out 2017
The Flag
Director Declan Recks
Treasure Films
Harry Cambridge, a down on his luck builder finds out his father raised the flag in the 1916 rising. The Flag now hangs in a British Army Barracks. He makes up his mind to get it.
Dare to be Wild
Director Vivienne De Courcy
Dare to be Wild is the story of one woman who sowed the seed of change. It tells the extraordinary and inspiring true story of Irishwoman Mary Reynolds' journey from rank outsider to winner of a Gold Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show
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